Château De Javarzay
The Château de Javarzay is a ''château'' incorporating remains of an earlier castle in the ''Communes of France, commune'' of Chef-Boutonne in the Deux-Sèvres ''Departments of France, département'' of France. History The early castle comprised an ''enceinte'' flanked by twelve towers, of which only two remain. The castle was reconstructed in 1514 by members of the House of Rochechouart. The property has had a number of owners; the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Rochefoucauld-Roye, Somme, Roye family bought it from François House of Rochechouart, de Rochechouart Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers, of Chandeniers in 1655; Jérôme Phélypeaux, Count of Pontchartrain and minister of Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV; Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, lawyer of Louis XVI of France, Louis XVI. Jérôme Phélypeaux, List of Naval Ministers of France#Secretaries of State for the Navy, Secretary of State for the Navy, son of the Chancellor of France Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Po ...
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